Mac Mini- MB138LL/A C2D 1.83 720p?

Wondering if the MB138LL/A Mini with C2D 1.83 and 1gb of Ram will handle 720p videos. I have ripped many of my movies to mkv files and I am worried that the GMA built on Video card will cause me issues. Some of my files range from 1.56gb to 4.6gb in size. I pick up the machine on the weekend so any help woudld be appreciated.

Wondering if the MB138LL/A Mini with C2D 1.83 and 1gb of Ram will handle 720p videos. I have ripped many of my movies to mkv files and I am worried that the GMA built on Video card will cause me issues. Some of my files range from 1.56gb to 4.6gb in size. I pick up the machine on the weekend so any help woudld be appreciated.

Thanks

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Should be fine for 720p, you could have issues with higher resolution.

Wondering if the MB138LL/A Mini with C2D 1.83 and 1gb of Ram will handle 720p videos. I have ripped many of my movies to mkv files and I am worried that the GMA built on Video card will cause me issues. Some of my files range from 1.56gb to 4.6gb in size. I pick up the machine on the weekend so any help woudld be appreciated.

Thanks

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Since you have the mini, why don't you just play the files and see how they play?

I didnt have the machine until yesterday and my post was made before i got it. It handles 720p files fine but would like better performance in Plex with the Aeon skin hence my post about upgrading RAM.

upgrading the ram is a must 1 gb is a bit low today and as your mini has a intel gma 950 its shared graphics which makes it even more important to upgrade ram PC2-5300 DDR2 sodimm your mini can take 1 gb in one slot and 2 gb in the other so 3 gb ram in total , so if you got the money upgrade to 3 gb , if not just upgrade to 2 gb thats should improve things significantly , if you really want to spend something as you need to open the mini anyway to upgrade the ram ,upgrade to a 7200rpm harddrive

I didnt have the machine until yesterday and my post was made before i got it. It handles 720p files fine but would like better performance in Plex with the Aeon skin hence my post about upgrading RAM.

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Hi there,

Just wondering have you upgraded the Memory and if so what is the highest resolution you can play? I have a friend that is selling his MacMini just like yours. My question, will it play 1080 with 3GB of Memory?

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